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Relive the glory and celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, which was also home to the games in 1932. See ski jumpers launch into thin air. Check out the Olympic Museum and ice skate on the actual Olympic Speed Skating Oval before warming up at the fire pit. Go bobsledding on an actual bobsled track with professional drivers and brakemen, or try the Lake Placid Skeleton Experience solo.
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PUMPED UP RIDES The thrill of motorcycling meets winter fun at Tug Hill State Forest. Bring your own snowmobile, or rent from Flat Rock Inn at Tug Hill Plateau, and enjoy access to more than 800 miles of snowy groomed trails. Plus, after you’re happily exhausted, you can stay overnight at the Inn, or just pop in for a warm meal at the restaurant. Rentals are only for ages 18 and up.
Bristol Mountain takes you to new heights of excitement, beauty, and challenge, thanks to its 1,200 foot vertical rise — the highest between the Rocky Mountains and the Adirondacks. Views from the summit and the 34 slopes and trails are breathtaking and provide a variety of inclines for every skier and snowboarder from beginner to expert. Prefer cross-country skiing? Bristol Mountain has that too.
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The Cradle of Aviation Museum celebrates the history of Long Island’s contributions to American aviation. Home to over 70 air and spacecraft in 8 exhibit galleries, the museum has one of the largest collections in the world. Exhibits take visitors through over 100 years of air and space history, and features a Grumman Lunar Module among other notable craft.
This winter, head to the Holiday Valley Ski Resort to ride their unique Sky Flyer Mountain Coaster. You’ll ride over waves and curves, one jump, and a large spiral. You can control the speed by pulling levers in the car or just enjoy the ride. Afterward, check out Holiday Valley’s amazing ski slopes and warm up with hot chocolate in one of its several lodges.
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‘OFF WITH THE FLOORS!’ DEVELOPMENT
Community organizers, elected officials celebrate tentative victory after judge orders as many as 20 floors to be lopped off 200 Amsterdam project BY EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM
Tessa Majors in September 2019. Photo: Tessa Majors’ Instagram
14-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN BARNARD STUDENT DEATH CRIME
“This arrest is a major milestone on the path to justice for Tessa Majors,‘’ said District Attorney Cy Vance BY JULIE WALKER AND MICHAEL HILL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A 14-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student in a park during a robbery in December, a crime that rattled New York City residents,
Olive Freud had reason to celebrate on Monday morning. After spearheading a years-long neighborhood campaign against the 668foot tower that has been constructed on the Upper West Side, Freud, the president of the Committee for Environ-
mentally Sound Development, prevailed — at least for the time being — with an order from a State Supreme Court judge for the building’s developers to remove as many as 20 floors or more from the project. “I want to thank the community. It’s true that I started it, but you all came with me,” Freud said of her victory at a packed press conference at the corner of 69th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, across the street from the 59-story tower. “I think this is the end of very tall buildings. I think New York has said enough to this — to living in the shadows.”
Freud and opponents of the tower have argued that the developers, SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America, exploited a zoning loophole to create a “gerrymandered,” 39-sided zoning lot in order to build an exceptionally tall building in a neighborhood where 20-story buildings are the norm. Judge W. Franc Perry’s order may very well set a precedent for development in the city if it’s not turned over on the developers’ appeal, which they have pledged to do. Michelle Goldstein, the
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authorities said Saturday. Rashaun Weaver has been indicted by a grand jury and was taken into custody Friday night without incident, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a news conference. Weaver, charged with second-degree murder and robbery, is the second teenager to be charged in the attack on 18-year-old Tessa Majors in a Manhat-
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Rockefeller Center, Carson Daly and the surprise of a lifetime: How one couple kicked off their engagement Manhattan-style BY JENNIFER DOHERTY
Hayley Nejman took to the ice at Rockefeller Center on Friday morning with extreme caution, holding onto her boyfriend, Anthony Piglowski, for support as she skated for the first time in over three years. The last time the Erie, Pennsylvania native ice skated was on the couple’s last visit to New York, for New Year’s
I didn’t even realize it was happening ... As I was talking, I was like ‘Oh my God, I’m on TV!’” Anthony Piglowski
Eve 2016. This time Nejman was particularly intimidated by her fellow skaters — a group of about 20 teenage girls who seemed preternaturally comfortable on the ice, flying around, doing spins and striking poses. Despite her nerves, Nejman glided gamely around the rink, smiling and clutching Piglowski, a former high school hockey player, for balance. But when an announcer asked skaters to clear the ice “for cleaning,” it was Piglowski’s turn to be nervous. Instead of heading for the exit like the other skaters, he guided Nejman to the center of the rink and dropped to one knee as his stunned girlfriend protested: “Oh my God, Anthony! Stop!” Despite her shock, Nejman was all smiles and said yes immediately as their fellow skaters pulled out pink pompoms and cheered. “We came to New York a few years ago and we went ice skating here,” Piglowski told Our Town regarding his decision to propose to his high school sweetheart on the ice. “I played hockey growing up, and she
used to come to my games all the time, and we went ice skating for date night a lot, so when we decided to come here this weekend it was just a no-brainer to do it at Rockefeller.” The Rink at Rockefeller Center hosts approximately 200 engagements each year, according to the venue’s manager, Jason Park. “Our goal is to make sure each couple has a magical and memorable experience,” Park told Our Town. Not every couple gets an engagement as impressive as Nejman and Piglowski’s, however. Their romantic moment was captured by an NBC film crew and broadcast live on Today to over 3 million viewers on Valentine’s Day. The new fiancés skated over for an interview with Today co-host Carson Daly, who was waiting rink-side with a bouquet for Nejman and another engagement surprise: A sponsor had gifted the couple a three-day ski trip to Telluride, Colorado. In a final flourish, the other skaters — undercover members of the Chelsea-based youth synchronized skat-
Anthony Piglowski and Hayley Nejman at Rockefeller Center. Photo: Jennifer Doherty
ing program CPIce — returned to the ice to perform a choreographed routine to the viral proposal favorite, Bruno Mars’ “Marry You.” “I didn’t even realize it was happening. I forgot. As I was talking, I was like ‘Oh my God, I’m on TV!’” Piglowski said after helping Nejman off the ice. Nejman called the experience
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A woman dining with a friend at Bar Boulud at 1900 Broadway at West 64th St. on Friday afternoon, Feb. 7, discovered that someone had removed credit cards and $200 cash from her bag, which she had placed on the floor. She was later notified that unauthorized charges had been made to her credit cards for $3,480 at an Apple store and $1,954 at a Gap store, making a total stolen of $5,634.
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Monday, Feb. 3, police said, two men entered the Sephora store at 2103 Broadway at West 73rd St., grabbed items from a shelf, stuffed them into a backpack and exited the location, walking past all points of sale. The items stolen included twenty Sephora fragrances worth a total of $2,330.
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president of the Municipal Art Society of New York, which was one of the advocacy groups that brought the suit against the developers, believed that the impact of the judge’s decision would indeed be seen in future development in Manhattan. “This is not just a victory for the Upper West Side,” said Goldstein. “This is a victory for neighborhoods all across New York City because it is a clarion call that if you twist the law, that ultimately you are going to get stopped.”
The Need to Change Zoning Laws Freud and Goldstein were flanked by politicians at just about every level of government at Monday’s press conference. Elected officials on hand included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Comptroller Scott Stringer, assembly members Richard Gottfried and Linda Rosenthal as well as council members Helen Rosenthal and Ben Kallos. The politicians were complimentary of Freud’s dedication and leadership in this battle against the 200 Amsterdam project, and echoed one another in calls for fewer luxury condo developments and more affordable housing, as well as the need to change the zoning laws. “I don’t know what these
developers were thinking. You’re not ever supposed to violate the zoning law under Olive Freud’s watch,” said Stringer. “If the entrance fee into this city is a $2 or $3 million condo … then this city has to realign itself with the reality of our community.” Nadler invoked the president, saying he and others had been fighting the Trump development for 30 years, and that the judge’s ruling was a partial victory. “This city cannot be a ghetto for rich people,” said Nadler, who then began a refrain of “Off with the floors!” in reference to the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. The politicians were largely steadfast in their belief that Perry’s ruling would stand at the appellate court, but as work to complete the tower was still ongoing Monday, it prompted questions from the press about the elected officials’ certainty of the outcome. “If you look at the 39 ways he carved up a zoning lot, it’s wrong,” Brewer said. “So I think that this will stand, but we don’t know.”
“Where the Sausage Gets Made” The officials repeated that the building permits should never have been approved by the city’s Department of Buildings and then upheld by the Board of Standards and Appeals — agreeing that new personnel is needed in these positions, which are appointed by the mayor.
This is not just a victory for the Upper West Side. This is a victory for neighborhoods all across New York City.” Michelle Goldstein, president of the Municipal Art Society of New York “I think what everyone is saying is, this doesn’t have to be this way. The mayor of New York City, with a with a City Planning Commission that he appoints and controls, could step in and say enough is enough,” said Stringer, who is expected to run for mayor in 2021. “We need to appoint a City Planning Commission to finally tackle the issues of real estate, land use and zoning. It’s where the sausage gets made. It’s where people get taken advantage of. And quite frankly, the prices that we see right now, because city government has failed to act, that we are now building these monstrosities that only a few thousand people in the whole world could afford to live in.” Nadler took the opportunity to endorse Stringer’s candidacy, saying he would be the candidate to change the culture of development in Manhattan. “The only actual guarantee [this ends] is if we elect a good mayor,” Nadler said. “The actual guarantee is to elect Scott Stringer mayor.”
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Grassroots billionaire - NY has no shortage of millionaires - and some billionaires. And there’s nothing new about rich New Yorkers running for political office. But three billionaires with Manhattan roots seeking the same national office? That’s something, right? Well, here you go: For President: former mayor Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, and POTUS himself. Steyer was born in Manhattan and attended Buckley School and is now a Californian. POTUS hails from Queens and lived at 56th St and Fifth until he tweeted he was leaving NYC for Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency because he was treated badly by NY’s political leaders. Mayor Mike, born in Medford, Massachusetts, resides on East 79th St, when he’s not out campaigning. Supermarket Man But the billionaires with Manhattan bona fides who’ve run in non-presidential political races, don’t stop there. Case in point, John Catsimatidis, who made his billions while living and working in NY. His Gristedes supermarkets are synonymous with NY and his investments in real estate and energy holdings are everywhere. So how come, as a billionaire New Yorker, he’s
NOT running for president? Easy. He was born in Greece. Came to the U.S. when was less than a year old. But Catsimatidis has been engaged in the political and civic life of NY, particularly in Manhattan, ever since. He was raised in Harlem. Has lived on Manhattan’s East Side and West side. He’s worked in the Bronx, in Queens and, of course, Manhattan. Like Bloomberg and Trump, he’s been both a Democrat and a Republican and has supported candidates from both parties. In his teenage years, he volunteered for West Side Democrat Congressman William Fitts Ryan and in later years worked in the campaign of Congressman Jerry Nadler. Today, he’s rooted in the life of the Republican Party. In 2013, he ran for Mayor in a Republican Primary. His daughter, Andrea, is chair of the Manhattan Republican Party.
Sto ries to Tell In his East Midtown office of the Red Apple Group (he’s the CEO), Catsimatidis sits casually in the conference room. Spectrum News 1 is on a big screen mounted on a wall, staring down, blaring mute, as he talks about his Gristede years on the UWS and how he started at the Red Apple off 96th and Broadway when his friend, who owned Red Apple, begged Catsimatidis to buy him out because he (the friend) didn’t get along with
his co-owner uncle; how, when he (Catsimatidis) was involved with the West Side Chamber of Commerce, he created the Columbus Avenue Festival in 1977 and how, under his leadership, the Chamber’s entire budget went from $20,000 to $200,000 a year and then five years later he created the Amsterdam Avenue Festival. Catsimatidis eagerly perused the walls of his photolined office suite to show me the grainy black-and-white pic of people and vendors packed in at the first Columbus Ave festival. Interestingly, in 1980 Our Town started the Third Ave Fair with the proceeds going to local organizations. I always thought that Ed Kayatt came up with the Manhattan Street Fair concept. Guess not. Catsimatidis spreads his billions through his philanthropy. He owns the Hellenic Times and recently acquired WABC Radio He hosts a weekly radio show on AM 970. While Catsimatidis financial and philanthropic empire are widespread, he’s a true denizen of the city. He made it. He gives back. Politics aside, he’s grassroots, and it started in the early days. In a 2015 article in the online West Side Rag, a former editor of Wisdoms Child, Arlene Kurtis, remembered that, it was through “the help” of Red Apple supermarket owner, John Catsimatidis, who “took full page ads and paid promptly,“ that Wisdoms Child, a local newspaper that started publishing in the 70’s but no longer does, was able to reach its West Side readers. Sounds like the generosity of spirit that started grassroots has come full circle. Way to go.
NEWBIES OF NEW YORK ON THE TOWN
City life on the big and small screens BY LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL
277 people move out of New York’s metro area every day, according to Bloomberg News. “Katy Keene,“ a new series on The CW, is a 20-something, more diverse “Sex and the City” about four friends and just may have what it takes to fill the void with young people from near and far. As with SATC, Manhattan is the fifth friend. Lucy Hale, in the title role, plays a native New Yorker whose late mother, a seamstress, inspired her love of fashion design. She’s a personal shopping assistant at Lacy’s (read: Bergdorf’s.) What would the workplace be without a nemesis who undermines Katy out of a promotion? The undaunted retail associate gets snapped up by a different department head who sees Katy’s value. Somewhere on the Upper West Side, Katy resides in a four-story walk-up with two roommates, Josie McCoy and Jorge/Ginger Lopez. Josie is a soulful singersongwriter. On her second day in NYC, she meets a record producer who wants to launch her career. Jorge/Ginger is doing quite well as a drag entertainer, but aspires to perform on the Great White Way. We know he’ll make it, a la his impassioned, “Baby, remember my name,” speech with which he tells off a Broadway producer who’s rejected him. Pepper Smith, not a
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roomie, rounds out the quartet. This British It Girl is, “the most connected person in New York,” which can only guarantee success for the fashion-empire she’s building. After work, they go dancing at clubs in fabulous outfits created by guess who? “Is this what it’s like every night?” asks Josie. “Welcome to New York,” squeals Katy. Just like those who came here thinking they were going to live the Carrie & Co. life, the newbies calling Greyhound for their tickets might be a tad disappointed. Their experiences will probably end up closer to that of Jane in the indie film “The Assistant.” Jane, played by Julia Garner, is a wanna-be producer, paying her dues as a support staffer to a Weinstein-like boss, although she’s told by an HR manager that there’s nothing to worry about because she’s “not his type.” This is the part that I hope no one ever has to deal with again. The tried and true reality of those at the entry-level, though, is that Jane, albeit her degree with honors from Northwestern, can barely af-
ford to live in Queens and does not go out every night because she is working firstto-arrive-last-to-leave hours. Where Katy is a cockeyed optimist who never saw a frown she couldn’t turn upside down, Jane can’t even fake a grin and would be served best by a Prozac prescription. But that’s NYC life on the small and big screens. My daughter Meg is interning with the hope that the position will lead to full time employment. Her friend is working two part-time jobs until there’s an opening in her field of study. Some young people, like my son Luke, graduated and got the job they trained for in school, but still either live at home or with a multitude of roommates. Although none of their experiences are as bleak as Jane’s, they’re not quite as magical as Katy’s — yet there’s something about Manhattan that makes people believe they could be. That’s why, no matter how many people leave our city, there will always be those who just can’t stay away. Lorraine Duffy Merkl is the author of the novels “Fat Chick” and “Back to Work She Goes.”
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PETITION PUSHBACK ON LASKER POOL AND RINK PLAN PARKS
Recreational hockey players and others raise objections to Central Park Conservancy’s renovation of the aging facility BY JASON COHEN
The Central Park Conservancy has a plan to replace the pool and ice rinks at the northeast corner of Central Park, but thousands of New Yorkers are not happy about it. Earlier this month, a group calling itself Preserve Lasker Coalition started a change.org petition asking the Conservancy to rethink its plan, preserve the Lasker Pool and both of the ice rinks. As of Feb.17, the petition had more than 3,800 signatures, with a goal of 5,000. The Lasker pool and ice rinks are slated to undergo demolition and replacement in the spring of 2021 as part of a larger project to improve and transform a roughly 20acre section of the park. That project, described in these pages in September 2019, is estimated to take three years to complete at a cost of $150 million. The Conservancy is contributing $100 million and the city’s Parks Dept. has allocated $50 million for the project.
Bad for Hockey While the petitioners recognize the need to renovate the 54-year-old facility, they have issues with the proposed design. A primary objection is the impact on hockey players. According to the petition, Lasker hockey programs include more than 50 youth teams serving over 1,000 kids, and six adult divisions with another 500 to 600 players. “The only two other locations for competitive ice hockey in Manhattan – Chelsea Piers and Riverbank State Park – are currently operating at or near full capacity with no plans to expand once Lasker
A wintertime photo of the Harlem Meer in Central Park, looking south and east, with the twin ovals that comprise the existing Lasker skating rink. Photo: Courtesy Central Park Conservancy
closes” the petition states. “Removing the ice hockey location at Lasker in Central Park slashes ice hockey and ice skating as affordable recreational amenities for present and future generations…” As one signer put it, “Lasker is home to Ice Hockey in Harlem and other groups that help make hockey accessible to low income families and neighborhoods. If you take it away, Hockey will only be available for the wealthy. And that shouldn’t be the case.” The petition also says the new pool will be 26 percent smaller than the current pool and therefore able to handle fewer swimmers. According to the conservancy, it will in fact be somewhat larger – more than 75 percent the size of the existing pool – bigger than an Olympic-size pool and one of the largest public pools in the city, able to accommodate 50-meter lap swimming. The children’s wading pool will be replaced by a splash pad, expanding water play opportunities for children. New York, like many municipalities, has moved away from wading pools due to increasing health and safety concerns and requirements.
Time for an Upgrade According to the Conservancy, the redesign is necessary because the existing facility does not comply with current code and operational requirements for support space and amenities (toilets, showers, staff space, etc.), nor with federal accessibility standards or local sustainability standards required of new public buildings. In addition, the rink infrastructure is failing, the refrigerant it uses is banned and the pool leaks chronically. “The project is designed to improve the quality of life for the millions of park users who will benefit from this major redevelopment in the park’s north end by repairing the damaged historic landscape and restoring the disrupted stream course between the North Woods and the Harlem Meer, which has caused flooding of the current facility ever since it was constructed in the 1960s,” said Conservancy spokesperson Stephanie Baez. “The new facility has been designed to provide the largest pool/rink possible on the site while complying with today’s codes...Unlike the existing facility, the new facility will be open and accessible to the local community yearround.”
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Rachel Feinstein’s unpredictable and intriguing works are on dazzling display at the Jewish Museum BY VIRGE RANDALL
“Maiden, Mother, Crone” is an idiosyncratic tour of the roles of women as envisioned by the highly original Rachel Feinstein, executed in 35 works of paint, sculpture, maquettes and video. Based on the three major stages in women’s lives, the exhibit at the Jewish Museum is an adventurous mashup of literal cutting-edge sensibility (Feinstein used a chainsaw to create Picasso-like freestanding wood sculptures), draftsmanship, and references to the Italian Baroque period, Regency England, the Bible and more (she studied art history and religion at Columbia). Curated by Kelly Taxter, the Bar-
Model, 2000. Mirror, wood, plaster, and enamel paint. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery. Artwork © Rachel Feinstein unknown
WHAT: Rachel Feinstein: Maiden, Mother, Crone WHERE: The Jewish Museum 1109 Fifth Ave at 92nd St. WHEN: Through March 22 nett and Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art at the Jewish Museum, the show, just in time for Women’s History Month in March, surveys three decades of Feinstein’s art, with its unpredictable and always intriguing techniques, influences, subjects and style.
The Whimsical and the Serious The tone is set at the entrance, where you are greeted by three larger-than-life statues in wood and canvas, each with very different subtexts. On either side are impressionistic statues of Christian saints – St. Sebastian, martyred with arrows, and St. Michael, surrounded in drapery that a Baroque sculptor like Bernini would love (he’s among her influences). Front and center is a strangely twisted tree, each branch ending with a mirror. As an artist who modelled since her teens, Feinstein drew inspiration from her experience and observations about appearance and identity. Her explorations of beauty, time, art, and femininity echo throughout the exhibit. The show balances the whimsical and the serious, the imaginative and the historical, the austere and the exuberant. Feinstein’s antennae is set on “high” to receive many different influences, from drawings by her son (like the exuberant “Mr. Time”) to her time in Miami. “Goldstein,” a 40-foot wall relief work, commissioned by the Jewish Museum, executed in white enameled wood, features a Miami-ish villa with a fancy car parked in front. The mood shifts dramatically with a searing “Crucifixion,” created after
St. Michael, 2012. Polymer resin, steel, wire, and wood. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery Artwork © Rachel Feinstein Photo: Giorgio Benni
9/11, which Feinstein witnessed from her apartment window. Here, she gives traditional imagery immediacy and power by stripping it of all color, using only form – canvas and wood. Christ is angular and twisted in agony, the three figures below – Mary, Mary Magdalene and St. John – crouch in attitudes of grief, despair and shock.
Behold the Crones The Crones in this show – five paintings on oval mirrors of elderly women in the towering wigs, hats and finery of Regency attire – are an engaging bunch of characters, painted in grays and whites: Eileen, awaiting some juicy gossip; Ruth, daintily sipping her tea; Eva, the impatient grande dame; Rhoda, the cheerful neighbor; and Marie, protectively guarding a baby deer. It feels like Feinstein knows these women – but she hired a casting director and professionals to find, dress, make up, light and photograph them all. Feinstein created the paintings just after she had given birth, while she was working on a fashion ad campaign. She confessed that she felt strange in her own skin and perhaps was looking toward the last major stage in a woman’s life.
Life in Three Dimensions The sculptures – a mix of plain wood and brightly (even garishly) painted statues that embody Maidens and Mothers – are the stars of the exhibit. Flat yet dimensional,
Mr. Time, 2015. Powder-coated aluminum, vinyl, and working clock. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery Artwork © Rachel Feinstein Photo: Robert McKeever
“Adam and Eve” captures the intricate balance of an entwined male and female figure near a lush tree. Feinstein skillfully uses positive and negative space for her narrative – Eve’s hand pokes through the foliage, holding an apple to offer to Adam. “Mother and Child,” made of wood, has a Picasso flavor in its three dimensions. Mother has a huge, stylized ear attuned to the babe in arms, and the child is all wide-open mouth, either crying or hungry. In contrast, “Girl” seems positively sedate, a figure rendered in plain wood, featureless and elongated, like something by Elie Nadelman (another Feinstein influence). And then there’s “The Bird Girl,” a sculpture of a Caribbean woman, brightly painted, like a carnivale celebrant, surrounded by the birds she feeds, which are whimsically fashioned like stop action figures, including a bug-eyed bluebird.
A Roman Garden and a Sassy Gal The second room is dominated by “Panorama of Rome,” painted on Mylar and covering every wall. The baroque-inspired work, in black, gray and white, with touches of maroon, gives a sense of place and mood – walking through this room feels like walking through a sculpture garden. The standouts here include “Butterfly,” a gaily painted statue of a sassy gal in bra, panties and garter belt, with high heeled peekaboo boots, blowing a kiss to a butterfly. And “Bleeding Shepherdess” is a perfectly executed spin on a classic trope: the hatted, beribboned shepherd girl, holding a lamb, her frilly skirts blowing in the wind – and bloodstained at the bottom because she got her period. Virge Randall, a freelance culture writer, also blogs about city life at https://www.newyorknatives.com/author/virge/
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A makeshift memorial of flowers and candles at Barnard in December. Photos: Emily Higginbotham
14-YEAR-OLD CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tan park. “We are confident that we have the person in custody who stabbed her,‘’ Shea said. “And that person will face justice in a court of law.’’ The Associated Press is naming the juvenile defendant because of the seriousness of the crime and because he has been charged as an adult. Weaver’s attorney, Elsie Chandler, did not immediately return a call to Neighbor Defender Service of Harlem seeking comment. “He’s a 14-year-old child and he’s presumed not guilty,‘’
Chandler told the New York Post after Weaver’s bail hearing Saturday, at which he was ordered held without bail at a juvenile facility until his arraignment Wednesday. Majors was stabbed as she walked through Morningside Park early the evening of Dec. 11. She staggered up a flight of stairs to street level and collapsed in a crosswalk. A criminal complaint released Saturday described Majors as struggling on a landing with three people and screaming, “Help me! I’m being robbed!’’ Weaver said Majors was “hanging onto her phone’’ when he tried to take it, according to the complaint.
Officials said they have evidence from videotapes, witness identification and DNA evidence from Major’s fingernail clippings linking Weaver to the crime. The attack, two days before the start of final exams at the women’s school, troubled city residents because of its proximity to campus and its apparent randomness. Barnard is part of the Ivy League’s Columbia University. “This arrest is a major milestone on the path to justice for Tessa Majors,‘’ said District Attorney Cy Vance. A 13-year-old who was arrested Dec. 13 and charged as a juvenile with felony murder told detectives he was at the
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RESTAURANT INSPECTION RATINGS FEBRUARY 6 - 12, 2020 The following listings were collected from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s website and include the most recent inspection and grade reports listed. We have included every restaurant listed during this time within the zip codes 10019, 10023, 10024, 10025. Some reports list numbers with their explanations; these are the number of violation points a restaurant has received. Benoit Bistro
60 W 55th St
Not Yet Graded (28) Harmful, noxious gas or vapor detected. CO ~1 3 ppm. Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
Brad’s Burgers & Bbq
522 Columbus Ave
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Cafe Du Soleil
245 W 104th St
Not Yet Graded (20) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation. Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
Cafe Patoro
152 W 52nd St
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Coney Shack
152 W 52nd St
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Da Tommasso
903 8th Ave
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Desi Deli Punjabi Dhaba
724 10th Ave
Not Yet Graded (26) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit. Food from unapproved or unknown source or home canned. Reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing; or ROP foods prepared on premises transported to another site. Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, crosscontaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
Filicori-Zecchini
2541 Broadway
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Fordham U - Argo Tea
140 W 62nd St
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Galaxy
125 W 55th St
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Joe & The Juice
2460 Broadway
Not Yet Graded (20) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations.
Karahi Indian Cuisine
803 9th Ave
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La Quinta Inns And 31 W 71st St Suites
Not Yet Graded (4) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit. Toilet facility not maintained and provided with toilet paper, waste receptacle and self-closing door.
La Traviata Pizza
101 W 68th St
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Le Pain Quotidien
2098 Broadway
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Mughlai Indian Cusine
255 W 55th St
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New York Hilton / Banquet Kitchen
1335 Avenue Of The Americas
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Pita Yeero
152 W 52nd St
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Roberta’s Pizza
152 W 52nd St
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West End Taco Company
301 W 96th St
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The best way to answer this question, which is an excellent one, is to say that it depends on a few variables. In a market with a lot of available inventory, a great way for a seller to make their apartment stand out is to provide that extra “something” to capture attention and clinch a
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For decades, real estate in New York was an asset with a sure-fire short-term return. Users and investors could be in and out in two to three years, either occupying the property or renting it to defray carrying costs. After that they could walk away with a tidy net profit, often as much as 12% to 18% over two years and 20% or a bit more over three years. That remained true until the big shift occurred in late 2015/early 2016. Now the story is different. Over the past four years, real estate values in Manhattan have (with some exceptions) fallen anywhere from 15% to 25%. Many of the sales consummated in recent months closed at prices which compare nearly to those of 2012. So we are going into 2020 with a market which, after all its ups and downs, has essentially delivered flat results over the past eight years. Is it any wonder that millennials, more experience-focused than ownership-focused to begin with, wonder what the value of homeownership might be? The local market’s reaction to multiple factors — including the loss of most SALT tax deductibility, the increase in the mansion tax, and the uncertainty caused by both domestic and global upheaval — has been to drive buyers to
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Two recent controversies spur industry to review inclusive efforts BY HILLEL ITALIE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
As debate rages around “American Dirt,‘’ the bestselling novel criticized for its portrait of Mexican life and culture, publishers are pledging to change a historically white industry as critics question whether it can truly transform. Diversity has been an issue in publishing for years, but perhaps never so urgently as in the past few weeks, when Mexican American authors and others have cited “American Dirt’’ as evidence of a publishing culture where white voices are valued above others. Critics say flaws in Jeanine Cummins’ narrative about a Mexican mother and son fleeing to the U.S. were overlooked by the book’s editorial and promotional team and the many writers and booksellers who were early advocates. “Of course, we’ve had a lot of conversations, looking at diversity and ways - as we always do - to address the recruitment and publishing of Latinos,‘’ says John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, which released Cummins’ novel last month through its Flatiron Books division. Marketed in part as a new “Grapes of Wrath,‘’ the John Steinbeck novel which helped define the Great Depression,
“American Dirt’’ was lauded by an i ndustry that is predominantly white, liberal, anxious to make a profit and eager to make a difference. A book that Cummins and Flatiron had thought would personalize the experience of immigration instead became an example to some of its own distance from the issue. Publishing executives and editors often shy away from discussing diversity on the record, but Flatiron president and publisher Bob Miller bluntly acknowledged they had not anticipated the “anger that has emerged from members of the Latinx and publishing communities.’’ “The fact that we were surprised is indicative of a problem, which is that in positioning positionin this novel, we acknow failed to acknowledge our own w limits,‘’ Miller wrote in a recent statement press statement.
“Homogeneous Industry” “Homogeneou According to a new study by the mul multicultural chilpubli dren’s publisher Lee & Low, industr is around 75% the industry white, and mostly female. publish who spoke to No publisher Asso The Associated Press dist puted those numbers, w which were roughly the a those in a Lee same as & Low survey released y four years earlier. “E “Even though ther may be more there awa awareness of diversit issues, the sity nu numbers on the in industry side a aren’t really changing says Lee & changing,‘’ Jaso Low. “It’s still Low publisher Jason
a very homogeneous industry, especially in some of the executive and gatekeeping roles.`` CEOs including Sargent, Michael Pietsch of Hachette Book Group and Carolyn Reidy of Simon & Schuster say longtime barriers to diversity in publishing include the self-reinforcing networks of a historically white, upper-class industry, and the stress of being the only non-white member in a room. The industry’s low salaries, “often from $36,000-$40,000 in one of the world’s most expensive cities, can also make it hard to retain good people. “They don’t necessarily see a career path. They can get burned out and a little exhausted,‘’ says Nicole Johnson, executive director of the activist organization WeNeedDiverseBooks. Jennifer Baker, an author and editor who in 2014 created the “Minorities in Publishing’’ podcast, says the book world faces structural issues common to a wide range of industries. Asked if she had seen signs of signs of progress in publishing, she said she saw “no clear pathway to correction,“ adding that “Bottom line,‘’ there won’t be “sustainable change” without fully taking on the system itself.
Internships and Outreach Programs Several publishing executives agreed on a rough outline of industry demographics: Entry level positions, notably in publicity and marketing, are the most diverse, while high-level editorial jobs are more white; employees under 40 are more diverse than those over 40; those who work in children’s publishing are more diverse than those in adult books divisions. “Children’s librarians and educators have been at the forefront of urging publishers to diversify the books we offer,‘’ Pietsch says. All of the so-called “Big Five’’ publishers - Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Macmillan and HarperCollins - have for years had diversity efforts, including internships and outreach programs, and in-house initiatives like mentoring and requirements that all job openings include a diverse range of candidates. In 2019, Penguin Random House announced a “Strategy Plan’’ with goals including the diversification of employees and a more inclusive work culture. But the publisher faced its own embarrassment last
ollaboweek. It had collabornes & rated with Barnes verse’’ Noble on “diverse’’ editions of such ure as classic literature in,‘’ “Frankenstein,‘’ “The Wizard of and Oz’’ nd ``Romeo and or Juliet’’ to honor y Black History h Month, which n takes place in February. The covers featured illustrations of the main characters with dark skin, while tly by and the texts, mostly about white people, were left the same. After widespread criticism online, with many wondering why the publisher and Barnes & Noble didn’t simply promote writers of color, the program was canceled. “These recent events underscore the critical importance of the work we have to continue to do together,“ says Penguin Random House US CEO Madeline McIntosh, adding that the publisher would ``recommit’’ to a “full range of perspectives, experience, and expertise.’’
Dedicated to Diverse Voices Earlier this week, Myriam Gurba, David Bowles and other prominent critics of “American Dirt’’ met with Flatiron executives. In a press release issued after the meeting, the writers - members of the activist group (hash)DignidadLiteraria - said Macmillan had committed to developing an “action plan’’ within 90 days. Sargent declined to offer details but confirmed there was “an agreed upon effort’’ to address diversity. Imprints dedicated to diverse voices have been around for decades and continue to be formed, among them One World at Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster’s 37 Ink. HarperCollins imprints include Amistad Press, one of the country’s oldest African American publishers; and the Native-focused Heartdrum, scheduled to begin in 2021. Amistad’s editorial director, Tracy Sherrod, says she hopes to publish around 20-24 books this year, double what Amistad was releasing when she joined it eight years ago. Amistad’s books range from Jacqueline Woodson’s novel “Another
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Brooklyn’’ to Jenifer Lewis’ memoir “The Mother of Black Hollywood.’’ “I first came into publishing in the 1980s and at that time it was believed that black people didn’t read. That statement was made to me multiple times, so we’ve come a long way, a long way baby,‘’ she said with a laugh. “We’re growing as an industry, but there will be some growing pains.’’ Since 2016, the trade group the Association of American Publishers has partnered with the United Negro College Fund for a paid internship program that places around 10 students each year. The activist organization WeNeedDiverseBooks works with publishers and agents to recruit interns; the program began with five interns in 2015 and will likely place 15-20 this summer. Out of 44 interns, 39 have since graduated from college and 30 have found full-time work in publishing, according to the organization. Recent interns who spoke to The Associated Press had positive memories and said they learned valuable lessons. “It made me want to continue pursuing a career in publishing,“ said Michaela T. Glover, who interned at Candlewick Press in 2018 and is now an intern at Heineman. Among other things, she said she read a few “tremendous manuscripts’’ and contributed to the illustrator meetings. “I am still seeking to be a part of publishing and striving to have more diverse and inclusive stories and environments,`` she said.
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